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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Markus Birdman: Grimm Realities *****
Markus Birdman’s free Fringe show is a triumph. Grimm Realities deals with Birdman coming to terms with his daughter growing up, with a mixture...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society announce new Board members
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has just announced the outcome of the elections to the Society’s governing body, the Board of Directors.
The elections were held...
Leanne climbs Kilimanjaro for charity
Just last week Leanne Ross, who works for the Scottish SPCA, climbed almost 6000 metres and raised over £5,500 for the charity in the process.
Last...
Canonmills Bridge demolition application refused
The council's Development Management Committee considered the application to demolish the Victorian building at Canonmills Bridge this morning for more than two hours before...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – 25th August
Slightly quicker off the mark with yesterday's authors. Amongst those visiting the photographers yesterday were Edwin Collins, Ian Rankin, Festival Director Nick Barley and...
Five things you need to know today!
1-6 Canonmills
Museum closures
Fringe Tip of the Day
Drop in events in Morningside
TRIM do CPR!!
A protest is expected at the City Chambers this morning to...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – 24th August
Yesterday's included Roy Hattersley and the hyperactive Norwegian crime-writer, Jussi Adler-Olsen
Edinburgh International Book Festival Rachel Cusk and Benjamin Wood
Where Stories and Self-expression Overlap: Rachel Cusk and Benjamin Wood at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Whilst they sit on stage it is not entirely...
Edinburgh to New York direct with Delta from next year
From next year another major American airline will offer a direct flight from Edinburgh to the Big Apple. From 27 May 2016 Delta will...
Friends of the Earth protest about air pollution in Edinburgh
Friends of the Earth tell us that Edinburgh Council has announced plans to formally extended its city centre Air Pollution Zone by another 3.5...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – The Bad Arm Confessions of a Dodgy Irish...
by Michael Casey
Boy,can Maire Clerkin dance. Yes, we know she is now a choreographer in Hollywood but when she break loose throughout this tale...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Bette and Oscar jump for joy!
Bette Davis aka Jessica Sherr jumps for joy with her Two Oscars as she celebrates her successful run of her show Bette Davis ain’t...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW Late With Lance! ****
Reviewer: Amy Taylor: The Public Reviews
Lance is a performer, a visionary, a jack of all trades behind the stage on his two gay dads’...
Just Festival 2015: Nelson Mandela: the Myth and Me
The first time Khalo Matabane heard Nelson Mandela's name he was seven years old and living in Ga Mphahlele, a village in Limpopo. It...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Justin Moorehouse Destiny Calling ****
by Michael Casey
We were familiar with Justin Moorehouse through his appearances on Radio 5Live "Fighting Talk.
He did not disappoint. From the b of the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Alfie Moore A Fair Cop Stands Up ****
by Michael Casey
A police officer from Scunthorpe, who is on sabbatical. Doesn't sound promising but over the last two years, Alfie has made a...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Births Deaths Marriages ***
by Michael Casey
We always admire young people who come up to the Edinburgh Festival with an ambitious play.
The play chronicled the crossroads that four...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Pip Utton Playing Maggie ****
by Michael Casey
There were people in the midday show, who had seen his Churchill and his Hitler and were now going for the hat-trick.
They...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Gyles Brandreth Word Power! ****
by Michael Casey
A packed house at Pleasance was entertained by the wonderful bon vivant, Gyles Brandreth. He is an honest man is our Gyles....
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Rossetti’s Women ****
by Michael Casey
Performed by Julia Munrow at the Merchants' Hall, Hanover St
The three lovers of Pre-Raphaelite painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti are portrayed with an...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW Kafka’s Ape by Infinitheatre ****
by Michael Casey
A dark fable that centres on the story (originally by Franz Kafka) of an ape who, after being captured, learns to speak...
Council approve new playpark for Ratho
Edinburgh Council today approved the plans for a new playwark in Craigpark Crescent Ratho responding to calls from residents for a new space to...
Tuesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Mrs Mash: a new weekly session with songs and stories for young children. 10.30-11am today and every Tuesday, Filmhouse, Lothian Road.
Lego Swap Shop: an...
Five things you need to know today!
Parking in the city
Children's Panel
Dinosaurs in the City!
Fringe Tip of the Day
At the Book Festival
The council plan to make changes to the parking charges...
Edinburgh Zoo say No panda cubs this year
Edinburgh Zoo have issued a statement about their female Giant Panda, Tian Tian, this morning. In a week when Washington Zoo announced the birth...
Books – Project Fear promises to lift the lid on #indyref
On the first anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, a new tell-all book will lift the lid on the tactics and tensions behind Better...
Ongoing strike at the National Museum of Scotland
Staff at the National Museum of Scotland are on strike until 30 August and this means that some parts of the Museum and the...
Scottish Government urge you to #Get Checked!
Scottish star Yvie Burnett, who is coach for top TV shows "X Factor" and "The Voice" launches Scottish Government backed cancer awareness campaign "Get...
Edinburgh petition to end human trafficking
Thousands of people in Edinburgh have signed a petition calling for an end to human trafficking, a practice commonly regarded as the equivalent of...
Trains to and from the capital will be busy this weekend
Edinburgh is set to become even busier this weekend (29/30 August) as 40,000 rugby fans descend on the capital, as well as thousands of...
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